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Over the past few years, most of the major footwear brands have used MLK Day as a debut date for their Black History Month shoes by various NBA players. But before that, certain footwear companies made MLK Day-specific shoes for players to wear on the federal holiday. Today, we take a look back at the shoes that were created, not for Black History Month, but exclusively for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Player: Kobe Bryant
Shoe Model: Nike Zoom Kobe IV
Year Worn: 2009
Color Scheme: White, Purple and Gold
The “MLK” Kobe IV was a Quickstrike release in 2009 and is one of the most limited colorways of Kobe Bryant’s fourth signature shoe.
